Ed Gilbert

 ( 1931 Births ) 

Ed Gilbert (born Edmund Francis Giesbert, June 29, 1931 – May 8, 1999) was an American actor, with extensive credits in both live-action roles and voice work in animation, although he was better known for the latter. He is also credited, under his birth name, with research in entomology and the discovery of new beetle species. He was known for voicing Baloo in TaleSpin.

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Early life and education Gilbert graduated from the University of Chicago and fought in the Korean War.

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Career During the 1960s, Gilbert appeared on television series such as The Gallant Men, Combat!, The Rogues, and Mannix. In 1966, he guest starred as Robert Cramer on four episodes of Ben Casey. He is known for his role as Fenton Hardy on the 1970s television series The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries.

Gilbert provided the voices of Superion, Thrust and Blitzwing in the second and third seasons of The Transformers, Kissyfur's father Gus in Kissyfur, Thirty-Thirty in BraveStarr, Baloo in the Disney animated series TaleSpin and Jungle Cubs, General Hawk in , Puggsy and Daddy Starling in , Mr. Smee in Peter Pan and the Pirates, Phasir in Aladdin, Mandarin in the first season of Iron Man, and Dormammu in Spider-Man. He voiced minor characters in , , , and The New Batman Adventures. He also voiced the security guard Daryl in the computer game, .

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Entomology Gilbert, under his birth name Edmund Giesbert, also pursued the study of Beetle and described numerous beetle species and genera, particularly in the family Cerambycidae. At least four beetle genera are named in his honor ( Giesberteclipta, Giesbertella, Giesbertia, and Giesbertiolus),[1] and species such as Plectromerus giesberti.Nearns, E.H. & M.A. Branham. 2008. Revision and phylogeny of the tribes Curiini LeConte and Plectromerini Nearns & Branham, new tribe (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae). Memoirs of the American Entomological Society, 47: 1–117.

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Death Gilbert died on May 8, 1999, of lung cancer in his home in Beverly Hills, California, at the age of 67. He was survived by his wife Virginia and his daughter Dorian. His interment was at Eternal Valley Memorial Park and Mortuary in Newhall, California.

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Filmography

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Film

1964	36 Hours	Captain Abbott
1971	Johnny Got His Gun	Priest
1973	Howzer	Edward Carsell
1986		Blitzwing (voice)	A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
1987		General Hawk (voice)
1988		Thirty-Thirty, Shaman (voice)
1988	Scooby-Doo! and the Reluctant Werewolf	Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde (voice)	Direct-to-video
1990	The Rescuers Down Under	Francois (voice)
1992		Puggsy, Daddy Starling (voice)
1994	The Pagemaster	George Merry (voice)
1996	Father Frost	Robber Leader
1998	Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island	Mr. Beeman (voice)	Direct-to-video

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Television

1973–1976	Police Story	Various roles	4 episodes
1976	Wonder Woman	Warden	Episode: "Wonder Woman Meets Baroness von Gunther"
1977	The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries	Fenton Hardy	28 episodes
1984–1987	The Transformers	Blitzwing, Thrust, Superion (voice)	27 episodes
1985–1986		General Hawk (voice)	19 episodes
1986	Kissyfur	Gus (voice)	Episode: "The Birds and the Bears "
1989	Asterix and the Big Fight	Bossa Nova, Fishstix (voice)	English dub
	TUGS	Warrior, Big Mac, Zorran (voice)	Test United States dub
1990–1991	TaleSpin	Baloo (voice)	Main role
	Fox's Peter Pan & the Pirates	Mr. Smee (voice)
1990–1993	The Adventures of Don Coyote and Sancho Panda	Additional voices	33 episodes
1993		Jack Haly (voice)	Episode: "Robin's Reckoning"
1993–1994		Katscracth Gang Member, Enforcer Sargent, Enforcer Commando, Tiger Conklin (voice)	4 episodes
1993–1996	Captain Planet and the Planeteers	Looten Plunder, Pillage (voice)	12 episodes
1994	Animaniacs	Neptune (voice)	Episode: "Mermaid Mindy"
	Iron Man	Mandarin, Grey Gargoyle, Ultimo, Al Gore (voice)	13 episodes
1994–1995	Tattooed Teenage Alien Fighters from Beverly Hills	Emperor Gorganus (voice)	40 episodes
	Aaahh!!! Real Monsters	Icki's Locker, Macho, Colombus (voice)	2 episodes
1994–1996	Gargoyles	Bodhe, Captain of the Guard (voice)	7 episodes
	The Tick	El Seed (voice)	3 episodes
1995	The New Adventures of Peter Rabbit	Tommy Brock (voice)
	Black Scorpion	Breathtaker (voice)	Television film
1995–1996	Freakazoid!	Professor Heiney, Unag (voice)	3 episodes
1996	The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest	Various voices	4 episodes
	Dumb and Dumber	Bender, Clem (voice)	Episode: "Brain, Brain, Go Away"
	Dexter's Laboratory	Hunter, Space Hick (voice)	Episode: "Dial M for Monkey: Huntor"
	Road Rovers	Judge Fore (voice)	Episode: "The Dog Who Knew Too Much"
1996–1997		Dormammu, Phillip Watson (voice)	3 episodes
1997		University Guard (voice)	Episode: "The Hand of Fate"
	The New Batman Adventures	Photographer (voice)	Episode: "Chemistry"
1997–1998	The New Adventures of Zorro	Additional voices	26 episodes
1998	I Am Weasel	Announcer, Man #2, Man #8	Episode: "I.R. Role Model"
1999	The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries	Colonel Ambore (voice)	Episode: "Son of Roswell That Ends Well"

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Video games

1993		Art, Daryl
1995	Wanna Be a Dino Finder	Rock Hound
1995	Shannara	Balinor

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